Hao Wu

Director | Producer | Camera | Editor

Originally trained as a molecular biologist, Hao Wu traveled to the Internet world before focusing on filmmaking and writing. He directed and produced Beijing or Bust, his first feature documentary that was shown on PBS. His second feature documentary, The Road to Fame, received funding from The Ford Foundation JustFilms and Center for Asian American Media, and was co-produced by BBC, VPRO, CNEX and DR. He also produced Nowhere to Call Home, which The New York Times called “Inspiring Dialogue, Not Dissent, in China.”

In the Internet world, Wu worked in management positions in Silicon Valley and with Alibaba and Yahoo in China. From 2008-2011, he was the China Country Manager for TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel website.

Wu holds a Master of Science degree from Brandeis University, an MBA degree with High Distinction from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business. He is currently a fellow at the New America Foundation. His writing has appeared on Time.com, Slate.com, Marketplace Radio, Strait Times and China Daily.

Changying Liu

Producer

Changying Liu has worked as reporter, editor, writer, director, host, producer and senior producer with China Central Television English Service (CCTV-News). CCTV is the China's largest broadcaster and CCTV-News is the only English-news channel in the country. She currently heads the foreign desk at CCTV News.

During her tenure at CCTV, she co-founded two popular programs: World Wide Watch (a 30-minute news bulletin covering world news and analysis) and Travelogue (a 30-minute weekly travel show that features China's popular destinations). She holds a Masters' Degree in Broadcast Journalism from New York University.

She has gained ample experience in filming in China and in the subtle understanding of the Chinese society and the people. In January 2007, after obtaining a Masters' Degree in Broadcast Journalism from New York University in United States, she returned to China. She is currently producing a news program for CCTV-9 focusing on global events..

Jean Tsien, A.C.E.

Executive Producer | Editor

Jean Tsien has been working in the field of documentary for 30 years. Her work has been honored with numerous awards and accolades, including: Something Within Me (Filmmaker’s Trophy, Special Jury Award, and Audience Award at the 1993 Sundance Film Festival); A Hymn For Alvin Ailey (1999 Primetime Emmy Award); Scottsboro: An American Tragedy (2001 Academy Award-nominee for Best Documentary Feature); Dixie Chicks: Shut Up & Sing (2006 Toronto International Film Festival); Please Vote For Me (2007 Silver Docs Sterling Award); The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World (2008 Toronto International Film Festival); A Place At The Table (2012 Sundance Film Festival); and Rafea: Solar Mama (2012 Toronto International Film Festival).

Jean serves as an editing advisor for the Sundance Institute Story/Edit Lab. She was a 10-year board member for CAAM, a non-profit organization promoting Asian American media. She is currently on the board of ITVS

Kai P. Yang

Camera

Kai P. Yang has worked on independent film and TV productions for Al Jazeera, Italian TV, German TV and Dutch TV. He holds film degrees from New York University and the Beijing Film Academy.

Additional Credits

Co-Producer	ERIC WONG
Co-executive Producer	DON FRANTZ
Executive Producer BBC	NICK FRASER
	KATE TOWNSEND
Executive Producer VPRO	BARBARA TRUYEN
Executive Producer CNEX	BEN Tsiang
	RUBY CHEN
	CHAO-WEI CHANG
Executive Producer DR	METTE HOFFMANN MEYER
Consulting Producer	JOCELYN FORD
Associate Producer	YANXIANG LIU
Associate Producer	Alvin Chiang
Additional Editing	AMY SEPLIN
Additional Camera	CHANGYING LIU
	ZHIHAI SUN
	EDDIE CHUN-WEI CHEN
DI Colorist	STEWART GRIFFIN
DI Producer	CAITLIN TARTARO
Post-production Services	FINAL FRAME
Supervising Sound Editor	PETER LEVIN
Sound Editor	BARBARA PARKS
	WILLIAM HSIEH
Audio Post Facility	SPLASH STUDIOS, NYC
Post-production Consultant	LUCJAN GORCZYNSKI
Post-production Assistant	EDDIE CHUN-WEI CHEN
	JINGYANG CHENG
	LEI FU
	SHELLEY HU
	YONGLE WANG
	ZISHUN NING
Film Score	APM MUSIC
Additional Music by	ANDREW KIM
Translation	GRACE LI
	ANG LI
	JIUYI WANG
	ELLEN WANG
	ZHENG SHENGMIN
Graphic Designer	LUCJAN GORCZYNSKI
Website	EDDIE CHUN-WEI CHEN
Print Design	WENBO LI
	LUCAS MATNEY
Legal Services	DEBRA MAYER
	KAREN SHATZKIN
	MARC H. SIMON
Fiscal Sponsor	WOMEN MAKE MOVIES, IC.
International Distribution	CAT&DOCS
Greater China Distribution	CNEX Foundation Limited.

Thanks

Immense Gratitude

The filmmakers would like to express their immense gratitude to

• THE CENTRAL ACADEMY OF DRAMA
• LIU HONGMEI
• LI XIONGHUI


• CHEN LEI, LIU ZHENFEI, WU HENG,
• ZHANG XIAO, GAO SHUYAO


• AND THEIR FAMILIES


• JASPER GRANT, MARK MINNICK MICHAEL MCFADDEN


• AND ALL THE STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE FILM

Special Thanks

• ADRIEK VAN NIEUWENHUYZEN
• ALEXANDER GARDNER
• ALISON KLAYMAN
• ALVIN CHIANG
• ARTHUR DONG
• AUDRA ANG
• CHI-HUI YANG
• DAVID LUO
• DEVI BENGFORD
• DONALD YOUNG
• FAN WU
• HANCHENG LIANG
• HIS-CHU TSIEN
• HONGTAO LIU
• JOCELYN FORD
• JOSHUA WEINSTEIN
• MEGAN DONEMAN
• MELISSA LEE
• MENGLIN LUO
• MILTON TABBOT
• MIN WANG
• ORLANDO BAGWELL
• ROY GRAFF
• SANDRA CHRISTIE
• SHARON LACRUISE
• SIMON SUN
• STEVE HAN
• TING KONG
• VIOLET DU FENG
• WILL SCHROEDER
• WU NA
• YAN LOU
• XIN HAN
• ZHAI YUJIA

Thanks

• ALICIA LUI
• BRIAN KLEIN
• BRIAN MOON
• BRIAN YANG
• CAITLIN CAHILL
• CALVIN WEI
• CHEN JIA
• CORINNA BREMER
• DAN BRODY
• DAN SHAHEEN
• DAVID SAUERS
• DONNA KIM
• EVA WOO
• ELIZABETH PRIDGEN
• EMILY WEI
• EMMA MORRIS
• ERIKA HELMS
• ETHAN ZUCKERMAN
• GEOFF GRUETZMACHER
• GWEN FAURE
• HAO SUN
• JAMES TURNBULL
• JAMES WEST
• JASON LEOW
• JENNIFER STUMM
• JIANG YIZHEN
• JODI XU
• JOE LI
• JOSHUA ROSENZWEIG
• JOY LI
• KYNA FONG
• LORA VATALARO
• LORETTA CHAO
• LU CHEN
• LUCY NI
• LUIS SAN MARTIN
• MARTIN WONG
• MICHAEL SHA
• NATHAN JOE
• NICK SWEENEY
• PATRICIA HO
• PAUL STREITZ
• PENELOPE SAN MARTIN
• PETER LIOU
• RICHARD BURGER
• SHAWN RUNEWELL
• SKY CANAVES
• STEPHEN CURRIE
• TONY HSIEH
• TZE-WEI NG
• VIVIAN ZHU
• XIAOCHUN ZHU
• XUQIONG WU
• YANG QIU
• YE WANG
• ZHENG LIU
• ZHI LUO